Newspaper-file.



B; MOGINTY.

NEWSPAPER PILE. Arrmouron nun rms. 1s', 1907.

l PATENTED SEPT. 3, 1907.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEieE.

BERNARD MCGINTY, OF DOYLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOTHOMAS H. HEIST, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NEWSPAPER-FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1 907.

Application filed February 15,1907. Serial No. 357,445.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD MCGINTY, a citizen oi the United States,residing at Doylestown, in the county of Bucks 'and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Newspaper-Files, oiwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is a newspaper iile comprising a base bar, flanged guidesiixed thereto, a movable Clamp bar having its ends controlled by theiianged guides7 and pins secured to said base bar on which' said clampbar is movable. The respective flanged guides are provided with a serieso holes for engagingpins on plungers carried in the ends oi the clampbar, the plungers being pressed outwardly by springs and held in theinner position by catches whenit is desired to move the clamp bar.v Thepins on the base bar may comprise a tubular sleeve xed thereto with aneedle or pointed pin therein fixed to a member movable to and from thebase bar to expose the needle point through the top oi the sleeve whenpapers are to be led thereon `and withdraw it, so that it may not beexposed in handling, at other times.

The mechanism is particularly adapted for inserting binders in papersduring the operation of filing and when a sufficientnumber of papershave been filed securing them together in. book form.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a broken perspectiveview of a form oi' the invention; Fig. 2 represents a brokenperspectiveview of a second form thereof; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of an end ofthe iile taken on the line 33 of Fig` 2. Y

The base bar l is a tube of rectangular cross section having fixed tothe ends thereof the guides 2 provided with the inwardly projectingflanges 3 and the holes 4. The flanges 3 engage the ends oi a hollowrectangular clamp bar 5 movable along the guides. Within the ends of theclamp bar are fixed stops against which bear the coiled springs 7 actingagainst the plungers 8 which have on the ends thereof the pins 9 orengaging the holes 4. The pins are withdrawn from engagement by means ofpintles IO, movable in the L-shaped slots Il in the clamp bar, in theplungers.

As shown in Fig. l., the tops oi the guides 2 are connected by a bracebar l2 and intermediate of the length oi the bars l and l2 is thesupplemental guide 13 connecting them. The pins 14, fixed to the bar l,extend through the holes l5 in the bar 5, the latter being movable onthe pins. .Tubular binders 16, having split ends permitting flanges 17tobe turned outwardly thereirom, are sleeved on the pins. At the end oithe iile is a cutter 18 used for periorating the edges of the papers tobe filed to permit the passage of the pins 14 and the binders 16.

To file papers, the plungers 8 are drawn back to disengage the pins 9and the pintles I() are engaged in the catch formed by the transversemember oi the L- shaped slot. The bar 5 is then lifted to clear the pins14 and the papers slipped into place thereon, with the guiding aid oithe supplemental guide 13. The bar 5 is then dropped upon the insertedpapers, the pintles l0 disengaged to permit the springsA 7 to `throw theplungers 8 and engage the pins 9 in the holes 4. When a sufficientnumber of papers have been fled on the binders I6, the bar l5 may beremoved and the binders 16 with the papers thereon liited off the pins14, and the tops oi the binders bent outwardly to the position of thebottom flanges 17 to secure the papers together in book form.

As shown in Fig. 2, supplemental guides I9 are secured to the back olthe base bar 5 and are engaged by the keepers 2O fixed to the clamp bar5. The clamp bar 5 is movable on the tubular pins 2l xed to the base barl. bar 23 connected in movable relation to the bar I, and on theunderside of the bar 23 are fixed the wedges 24 engaged by the wedges25l on the bar 26, which is movable longitudinally within the keepers 27fixed to the bar l. Springs 28 bearing against a portion oi the bar land acting against the bar 23 press the latter' away from the former towithdraw the needles 22 within the pins 2l when the bar 26 is moved tothe leit so that the bar 23 can move away irom the bar l. When the bar26 is moved to the right, the bar 23 is forced toward the bar l by theengagement of the wedges 24 and 25 and the points of the needles 22exposed. The papers are guided by the bars 19, perforated by the exposedneedle points, and aiter the papers are iiled the needle points aredrawn back to avoid doing injury in handling. It will be understood thatthe binders I6 may be sleeved on the tubular pins 2l as well-as on thepins 14, and the papers secured together as previously described.

Having described my invention, I claim:-

1. A file comprising a base har, guides with inwardly projecting flangesrigidly iixed to said hase bar, said guides having holes therein, pinsconnected with said bar, a clamp bar movable under control of saidguides, and reeipro cating spring pressed plungers with pins connectedto said clamp bar, said pins engaging said holes.

2. A file comprising a base bar, flanged guides fixed to the respectiveends of said bar, said guides having holes therein, a clamp bar havingits ends engaged between the flanges of said guides, and reciprocatingpins for engaging said holes and xing said clamp bar at variouspositions to said guides.

3. A iile comprising a base har, transverse guides with flanges ixed tothe endsof said bar, a guidexed to said bar intermediate of said firstnamed guides, pins connected to said bar, a movable clamp bar having itsends engaged between the flanges of said rst .named guides, and springpressed plungers',reciprocating in the ends of said clamp bar and havingmeans for engaging the guides fixed to the ends of said base bar.

4. A le comprising a base bar, a hollow pin connected Needles or pointedpins 22 are iixed to a thereto, a pin movable within said hollow pin,means for reciprocating said pin within said hollow pin, and clamping,means movable relatively to said bar.

5. A file comprising a base bar, pins movable therethrough, a device towhich said pins are fixed, said device being movable to and from saidbar, means for moving said device to and from said bar, and a clamp barmovable on said pins.

G. A file comprising a bar having, hollow pins fixed thereto, needlesmovable in said pins, a device with a wedging member thereon to whichsaid pins are connected, and a Second device with a wedging memberthereon for operating said first device through its Wedging member.

7. A file comprising a bar having hollow pins fixed thereto, a har withwedging surfaces, needles movable in said pins and fixed to said wedgingbar, a second bar with Wedg'ing surfaces engaging said first namedWedging surfaces, and a keeper fixed to said first named bar and forholding said Wedging bars.

8. A file comprising a base bar, flanged guides fixed to the endsthereof, pins fixed to said bar, a clamp bar movable on said pins undercontrol of said guides, spring actuated reciprocating devices carriedWithin the ends of said clamp har and adapted for engaging said guides,and means for fixing said devices out of engagement With said guides.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, this 12th day ofFebruary, 1907, in the presence of the subscribing Witnesses.

BERNARD MCGINTY.

Witnesses ALBERT DICK, ALLEN MCGINTY.

